please welcome the founder of the jeff gordon children's foundation, the amazing jeff gordon. [ applause ] >> recovery from alcohol and drug addiction is neverending work. it takes strength and resolve to rise up and out of that despair. scott strode has been there. when he was in his early teens, he started drinking and taking drugs to mask his pain. as he got older, he made so many wrong turns that one morning, he woke up on the bathroom floor and knew that one day, his mother might find him there. and i have -- so sorry, and would be unable to stir him. in that heartbreaking moment, scott realized that he had to rise up and take control of his life or he was never gonna be the person he always wanted to be. so, he began that recovery. he gave it all up, the drinking, his friends and influences that went along with his life in addiction. and when he looked around, he was all alone. so he found a community through sport. then he did what heroes do, he built his own community, a safe, sober place where others could rise up, too. he did that not just to become a better boxer or climber or